Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 6th, People’s Daily, June 7 Commentator's article: Building a Human Health and Health Community Together-On Learning and Implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech at the Expert and Scholar Symposium
Mankind is a community of shared destiny, unity and cooperation is the most powerful weapon to overcome the epidemic. This is an important experience gained by the international community in combating major epidemics such as AIDS, Ebola, avian influenza, and H1N1 influenza A. It is a broad consensus formed by the people of all countries in their joint efforts to fight the epidemic.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the symposium held by experts and scholars on June 2 that since the outbreak, we have upheld the concept of a community of human destiny, actively fulfilled our international obligations, and closely cooperated with the World Health Organization and relevant countries to take the initiative The international community shares the epidemic situation and virus information, anti-epidemic experience and practices, and provides material and technical assistance within its ability to more than 100 countries and international organizations, which reflects the responsibility of a responsible big country. The General Secretary emphasized that we must continue to fulfill our international obligations, give play to the role of the world's largest supplier of anti-epidemic materials, and jointly build a human health and health community.
At present, mankind is experiencing the worst global public health crisis since the end of World War II. After arduous efforts, huge costs, and heavy sacrifices, China has effectively controlled the epidemic of New Coronary Pneumonia and safeguarded people’s lives and health. China always keeps an open, transparent and responsible attitude, promptly informs WHO and relevant countries of the epidemic situation information, and publishes the viral gene sequence and other information as soon as possible. It has no reservations to share the prevention and control and rescue experience with all parties and do its utmost. We can provide support and assistance to countries in need. As of the end of May, China has provided emergency assistance to nearly 150 countries and 4 international organizations; dispatched 26 medical expert groups to 24 countries with urgent needs, and organized special video conferences of health experts for more than 170 countries. ; On the premise of ensuring quality, we have fully produced the scarce medical supplies and equipment, and exported 56.8 billion pieces and 250 million pieces of masks and protective clothing to the world alone. This is the largest global emergency humanitarian action in the history of New China. International sources pointed out that China upholds the concept of a community of human destiny in this global public health crisis and shows a high sense of international responsibility, which deserves high praise from the international community.
A history of human civilization is also a history of struggle against diseases and disasters. It is precisely through concerted efforts and cooperation that human society has overcome major epidemics time and time again. In the face of the violent new pneumonia epidemic, the international community has not backed down. People of all countries bravely resisted the epidemic, watched for mutual help, and stayed in the same boat, gathering together the international joint efforts to fight the epidemic. Practice tells us that, in the face of the epidemic, countries should transcend differences in geographical race, history, culture and even social systems, join hands to build a community of shared future for mankind, and jointly safeguard the common homeland of mankind. The virus has no borders, and the disease does not distinguish between races. Political manipulation will only give the virus an opportunity to take advantage of, and neighbors can only be broken by the virus. Ignoring science will only let the virus take advantage of it. In the face of this common crisis of all mankind, no country can be alone, and now more than ever need unity and cooperation. The international community has increasingly realized that under the current circumstances, strengthening international solidarity and multilateralism is essential for the global fight against the epidemic. Only by strengthening international cooperation in an all-round way, jointly building a community of human health and health, and consolidating a strong joint effort to overcome the epidemic can we win the final victory of this human struggle against major infectious diseases.
The joint construction of a human health and health community is a fundamental plan for humanity to overcome the new coronary pneumonia epidemic and focus on the long-term response to various major public health emergencies. Now, the epidemic is still spreading, and prevention and control still require efforts. The urgent task of the international community is to do its best to prevent and control the epidemic, stop the spread of the epidemic in the world as soon as possible, and try to stop the cross-border spread of the epidemic. ; Increase support to African countries to help them build a line of defense; strengthen global public health governance, improve public health security governance system; restore economic and social development, maintain the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain; strengthen international cooperation, work together to fight against epidemic Overcome difficulties. China will continue to play its role as a responsible big country, and resolutely fall into the five major measures for China to promote global anti-epidemic cooperation announced by President Jin Ping at the opening ceremony of the video conference of the 73rd World Health Assembly, and make due contributions to the construction of a human health and health community.
Human health is the foundation of the progress of social civilization. Today, when the virus is rampant, uniting and cooperating to defeat the epidemic is the common voice of people all over the world. Only by jointly building a human health and health community, protecting the lives and health of peoples of all countries, and protecting the common earth homeland of mankind, can we welcome a better tomorrow for human development.